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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1941

Page

2

Frederick County 4-H Farm And Home Fair Dates Set

Frederick County 4-H plans the annual Farm and Home Fair for October 23 to 25. The event will run in the old Coca Cola building on East Gerrard Street with an Achievement Day on October 24 at 8 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Sunday School room. Prizes include cash in nine apple, egg, crop, garden, hobby and canned goods classes, plus sweepstakes. Robert Dailey will be superintendent with Edith Russell as assistant.

Frederick Coca Cola East Gerrard Street First Baptist Church Robert Dailey Edith Russell Harry Richard Sam Whitacre Cornelia Gordon Ester Richard Harry Hershman Hughey Rebecca Lodge Nelson Carpenter The Armes

Mrs Alma Hoshour Dies in Oklahoma City

Mrs Alma Hoshour 65 wife of Charles A Hoshour retired brick maker died October 3 after a week in Wesley Hospital Oklahoma City. Born February 15 1874 in Rio Vista Texas she married 43 years ago in Cleburne Texas survived by husband son Sterling Capps Hoshour a grandson and a brother Funeral services were held October 4 at Watts and McAtee with burial in Fairlawn Cemetery.

Alma Hoshour Charles A. Hoshour Wesley Hospital Oklahoma City Okla Riovista Texas Hoshour Oklahoma Winchester First Lutheran Church Sterling Capps Hoshour Nineteenth Street Sterling Capps Hoshour, Jr Sterling Capps Cleburne Watts and McAtee Fairlawn Cemetery

New Supermicroplace at University of Illinois Detailed

A Radio Curation of America developed electron microscope at about $10 000. It magnifies objects 100 000 times, making powder particles resemble rocks and a human hair resemble a redwood tree.

University of Ilinois Radio Curation of America

Warner Describes Fear of Harm Over Bioff Demands

Movie magnate Harry M. Warner testified he feared bodily harm from William Bioff during the federal racketeering case. Warner, head of Warner Brothers Pictures, said the firm paid Bioff and Browne $100,000 to avert strikes and harm, while claiming open friendship with Bioff on the surface.

New York Harry M. Warner William Bioff Bioff Warner Warner Brothers’ Pictures George E. Browne International’ Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes AFL George Breslin Bioffs

Iron and Steel Plants Idled By A Gas Strike

Birmingham Alabama plants with defense orders closed as a gas plant strike cut fuel supplies. About 20 000 workers in the district idle due to industrial gas curtailment and coal shortages tied to a United Mine Workers strike. Sloss Sheffield furnaces shut by a gas cut off mains affecting ordnance item production.

Birmingham Ala Pi—Iron and Steel United Mine Workers of America Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Company Furnance Birmingham Gas Company

Richardson Dies Sunday at Hagerstown

Charles W. Richardson of Hagerstown Maryland died Sunday evening after months of illness. He was the son of the late Annie J. and Hugh Sidwell Richardson and nephew of Mrs. Charles Harris of this city. He was cousin to Miss Minnie Keller Mrs. Charles Jones and Miss Mary E. Bush. The funeral is set for Wednesday at 12 noon in the Cemetery Chapel with interment in the family lot. His sister, widow of Col. J. Robert Moog of Baltimore, accompanied the remains from Winchester.

Charles W. Richardson Hagerstown Annie J Hugh Sidwell Richardson Charles. Harris Minnie Keller Charles Jones Mary E. Bush Col. J. Robert Moog Baltimore Winchester Richardson

Russians Hold Moscow Zone as Nazi Push Falters

Soviet and German forces fought heavy battles around Mozhaisk and Moscow with Tass reporting a tank clash at a Mozhaisk road junction. Tass said German attacks toward Moscow were repelled while Moscow workers pledged to fight to the last drop of blood.

Ladoga Leningrad Tass Moscow Mozhaisk Red Mozhaisk- Moscow Napoleon Red Army Kalinin Maloyaroslavets Capta

Jewel lock opening marks Pan-America Expo bond of friendship

The international friendship gate at the Pan-America Exposition in Dallas opened on June 12 1937. The moment symbolized global goodwill as the fair drew visitors and exhibitors to the $75 000 jewel gate landmark.

Dallas

Market Quotations from Baltimore and Chicago Livestock

Quotations show cattle barely tested in Baltimore with limited sales, calves steady with mostly 13.00-50, hogs steady to higher in Baltimore and Chicago, top 10.20 in Chicago for 200-270 lb hogs, sheep and lambs around steady, fat lambs 11.75-12.00, cattle and yearlings mixed with varied ranges and activity.

Baltimore Livestock Baltimore U. S. Dept. Agr Chicago Livestock Chicago U. 5 S. Dept

Baltimore Grain Market Closing Report

Grain prices at Baltimore reflect Wheat No 2 Red Winter at 1.12 1 2, Corn 83 to 85 cents, Barley 65 cents per bushel. Winchester Market lists Wheat 1.06 and Corn 77 cents per bushel. Prices based on mill deliveries. year ago Wheat 87 cents and Corn 78 cents per bushel.

Baltimore Winchester P. m al Ch & Dye Smt & R AT & T Ad Rig Beth Stl Case (Ji Cela Corp Ches & O Chrys Corp Elec Gen Foods Mtrs Gdyr T & R Ind Rayon Har P & P Pfd Johns Mann Kenn Cop Lin O F GI Lori

Bettie A Stover Will Bequeaths Property to Daughter Lillian Stover

The will of Mrs Bettie A Stover of Bartonsville admits to record in Frederick Circuit Court names Miss Lillian E Stover as heir to all property. J S Stover, son and Bartonsville mill owner, named administrator with a 4000 dollar bond. Appraisers listed: W B Shaffer J P Samsell R Derrill Petrie and R L Coffelt.

Bettie A. Stover Bartonsville Juian Baker Frederick Lillian E. Stover J. S. Stover W. 8. Shaffer J. P. Samsell R. Derrill Petrie R. L. Coffelt

Stocks Rally Amid Mixed Market Action in New York

New York stocks attempted to climb from a rut with rails and select industrials firming early and fractions of gains later. Dealers noted increased activity at intervals as promoters cited tax loss selling in low priced utilities and a weaker AP avg since January.

New York Associated Press

Quiet Nov 4 election with little voter interest

With the November 4 election near, turnout looks extremely light for both state and local races. Most incumbents are unopposed, including Winchester and Berryville figures, and several city offices lack challengers. Voting hours run from sunrise to sunset with appointed election judges and clerks listed for each polling site.

House of Delegates E. Blackburn Moore Winchester Berryville James P. Reartson Commonwealth W. A. Baker C. P. McVicar Taylor Barr Virginia Star John W. Kater Samuel Forney William E. Newlin Alfred 8. Henkel Frank Dorsey Rouss B. F. Arthur W. W. Glass W. A. March Robert Swartz F. M. Keakle City Hall Forrest Fansler C. M. Martin Holmes Larrick E. B. Estes William H. Bell Sarah Zane Robert S. Bell J. Frank Helsley E. Earl Park Frank B. Crawford E. Miller Streit

Wool for Red Cross knitting at Friends Meeting House

The Friends Meeting House will be open Wednesday from 10:30 to 12 for those needing wool to knit garments for the Red Cross. If unable to obtain wool, call Mrs Earl Crowser at 6275 for delivery. Supervisors of knitters urged to increase effort. aim is 250 garments ready to ship by November 1.

Friends Meeting House Red Cross Earl Crowser

Paris Officials Targeted as Communists Arrests Rise

The Paris police, harried by Communists, arrested Dupard, the first French administrative official seized. German controlled papers kept silent on the assassination while authorities hunted suspects. An official Paris notice says Hubert Tuffery of Beaugenevy was executed for illegal possession of dynamite.

Paris Dupard Hubert Tuffery Beaugenevy

Texas Corp 42 3-8 Tidentr and Oil 10 3-8

Texas Corp and Union Carb share the page with listed scores and company abbreviations. The fragment notes a sequence of numbers tied to firms like Union Pac Unit Aire US Stl West Un and West El and Mfg, with small fractions indicating rankings or points.

Texas Corp Tidentr and Oil Union Union Pac Unit Aire West UN West el & Mfg W'worth Young Sh & T

Two Moorefield Men Fined and Jailed for DUI

Charles L. Haines was fined $25 and 60 days in jail after being convicted of driving while intoxicated. Gleandy Shoemaker received the same penalties for allowing Haines to drive. Both licenses were revoked and their car impounded for six months. State Trooper H. R. Shields detained them near Wardensville. Justice J. Harry Dolan presided.

Moorefield W. Va Charles L. Haines Gleandy Haines West Virginia Wardensville H. R. Shields J. Harry Dolan

Fires damage stockyards and downtown building in Baltimore

Two fires last night caused about 15000 in damage to the union stock yards and an office building in downtown Baltimore. A blaze in the Morris building cellar sent smoke through the shopping district, with the cause undetermined. Two hundred cattle were driven from stockyards on Wilkens Avenue as a hay barn and manure shed burned.

Baltimore Union Stock Yards Morris Wilkens Avenue

British Coastal Command Attacks German Ports and Denmark Base

The air ministry reported major blows on Germany with small raids on northwest Germany and occupied territory. Coastal Command bombed a seaplane base and factory in northern Denmark, with buildings hit and aircraft set on fire. A coastal command plane went missing, leaving 10 bombers unreported. The Bremen raid marks the eighty sixth attack on the port city, while Liverpool and North Wales saw German raids causing casualties and damage before midnight.

Artemiev Moscow Kuibyshev Volga River Dienst Aus Deutschland London Volga Britain Germany Hull Liverpool High Command North Atlantic Air Ministry Coastal Command Denmark No Sea Bremen Merseyside North Wales

Distance from Niagara Falls to Callander Home of Quintuplets

The distance from Niagara Falls to Callander Ontario, home of the Dionne quintuplets, is approximately 310 miles.

Niagara Falls Callander Ontario

Test answers for page four reveal varied trivia

The list names John Adams and John Steele along with James A Farley and Tschaikowsky. It mentions shrimplike seafood and two biblical books Malachi and Revelation. The response includes a June entry and a phrase eae combats, with unclear context.

John Adams Malachi Revelation Eae Combats John Steele James A. Farley Tschaikowsky

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Frederick County Haldeman Thomas Credit Jewelers N. Loudoun Antwerp Emile Fendler Free Atlantic Iceland Lagarfoss Mignon Bill Bioff Mr. Richardson Mount Hebron Chapel Dour Ome Pittsburgh Paints Smoot Gillads Waterspar Enamels Glaize and Bro John Conyers Miss Stover Berryville 1 Rees Leesburg Stock Market Report Mervel W. Adams Piccadilly St Atl Washington Op of the Treasury B. F. Goodrich Silvertown E. Piccadilly St Rsa Lydia E. Pinkham Hir John W. Rosenberger and CO Swaggers Selby N. Loudoun St England France Italy Lincoln Gettsburg
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